I assume I was the only one that missed this. Actually I knew about it some time ago, forgot about it, and then at the family reunion was reminded.
The City of Williston, North Dakota, now accepts bitcoin to pay utility bills. Links everywhere, here's one. The articles all say the same thing.
First city in North Dakota to accept cryptocurrency; only the third such municipality in the US to accept cryptocurrency.
The City of Williston started accepting cryptocurrency in June, 2021.
Don't ask.
Updates
June 18, 2022: the next cryptocurrency to watch -- Tether. Some say if Tether fails, Bitcoin comfortably gets cut by another 50% by early next week. Next thing to watch: Tether blocks redemptions. Link here.
April 12, 2022: Cryptocurrency power demand cryptocurrency estimated @110 TW hours/year,
roughly equiv energy draw of Malaysia or Sweden, AND growing. Crypto
power demands up 20% since the start of 2022. Link here.
August 7, 2021: City of Williston to allow virtual utility payments including Google Pay, Apple Pay, and cryptocurrency. Williston Herald, May 12, 2021; updated June 21, 2021. Link here. Link here.
Original Post
At the sidebar at the right, I have a link to "The Next Big Thing."
The original post is dated March 21, 2013. The series began with my interest in Netflix.
This will be the home page for cryptocurrency.
I don't understand cryptocurrency.
I don't understand how a refrigerator works either.
At our family reunion we have some very, very knowledgeable software, information technology folks.
Something came up, which I won't go into now, but has cleared my mind on cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency, to some, is a religion: you either "believe" in it or you don't.
The question I asked our group: will cryptocurrency be mainstream twenty years from now or will it fade away? (Are you a believer or are you an atheist?)
Last year, I was a non-believer. Cryptocurrency would fade away.
One half hour ago, I was agnostic.
Now, I am a believer.
Cryptocurrency will be mainstream twenty years from now.
It all comes down to "winners" and "losers."
The "losers" will be the big banks, the "Fed," the central government. Let's keep this simple.
The "losers" won't roll over easiliy. And they may win. The jury is still out.
I am a believer. I believe cryptocurrency will be mainstream twenty years from now.
There are "winners" and "losers."
Right now, the would-be losers are in control; they won't allow cryptocurrency to become mainstream. At least they won't roll over easy.
So, how does this shift? How will the "winners" (who are now in the minority) become the majority.
I don't want to go into it now because it's too juicy, but something happened this week that might have been the tipping point. I don't see it as the tipping point but it leads to what the tipping point would be.
That's all I'm going to write now. Sorry for trolling; sorry for teasing.
I'm only posting this for the date-time stamp.
This is quite interesting. Prior to HFIR posting this a reader sent me these notes, somewhat related:
I just popped over to the New England ISO site and saw that the June wholesale electricity price averaged $36/Mwh with natural gas pricing at $2.81/mmbtu at the region's 4 tolling connections.
This is moderate electricity cost and low natural gas price. Natural gas plants provide 60% of New England's power.Looking ahead, that $14/mmbtu at Algonquin Citygate (a major tolling point) is over double last year's cost and almost 5 times June's cost.Furthermore, a referendum in November in Maine is likely to stifle a much-needed transmission line from Quebec (1,100 Mw Clean Energy Connect).Like you, I have distanced myself somewhat from New England's ongoing 'energy drama'.
That said, even a moderate winter will have very high electricity prices.
If extended cold snaps occur, those folks will face some precarious situations vis a vis the availability of electricity. The looming high cost is already baked in.
Very, very interesting.
What is most interesting, is what is not being said in all the news articles. It's a given that there will be an increase in the price of natural gas, whether or not there will be an outright shortage is yet to be seen.
But this is what no one is talking about. It's very, very interesting.
If there is a relative shortage of natural gas, why are folks not asking why? Why is are the journalists not asking why? It's not a demand issue. Even under normal circumstances, energy demand does not grow that fast year over year, and with much of the economy still in lock down, there certainly is no significant increase in demand.
So, if it's not demand, what is it?
Well, duh?
Supply.
Yup, it's all those nuclear plants, all those coal plants that were closed. And renewable energy did not make up the shortfall. And that's what they are not talking about. All they're talking about is the fact that natural gas is getting more expensive.
A reader sent me this link. I have not had a chance to see it yet due to family commitments.
But I wanted to get it posted so readers could see it.
https://petronerds.com/bakken-and-all-things-williston-basin/
Locator: 10010LODGEPOLEREEF.
Hubbert said his "peak oil" theory applied globally, nationally, regionally, by basin, by field, and all the way down to the individual well. Once a well reached peak production, there would be a steady decline. We've talked about this before.
A reader brought this well (see below) to my attention.
Readers unfamiliar with Lodgepole reef wells should take a look at this note, posted back on October 25, 2009, and occasionally updated.
This is a real hoot. A reader alerted me to this well and neither of us can explain "why."
I only have the file report to review, and there's nothing there. He is on the ground, can see activity on the well, knows much more about this than I do, and the reader, too, cannot explain this.
There has been no workover of which the reader is aware and no evidence of any (positive) interference by any neighboring well. It is obviously not a typo.
The well:
| Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LODGEPOLE | 6-2021 | 28 | 4958 | 4952 | 8929 | 1647 | 1647 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 5-2021 | 31 | 6136 | 6162 | 9865 | 3726 | 3726 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 4-2021 | 30 | 7075 | 7086 | 8516 | 3988 | 3988 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 3-2021 | 31 | 10960 | 10841 | 7570 | 5557 | 5557 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 2-2021 | 11 | 181 | 182 | 1312 | 73 | 73 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 1-2021 | 19 | 248 | 259 | 2791 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 12-2020 | 31 | 377 | 376 | 4764 | 254 | 254 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 11-2020 | 30 | 359 | 362 | 5325 | 174 | 174 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 10-2020 | 31 | 367 | 365 | 5219 | 184 | 184 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 9-2020 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2739 | 86 | 86 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 8-2020 | 31 | 340 | 342 | 4284 | 207 | 207 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 7-2020 | 30 | 317 | 322 | 3450 | 179 | 179 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 6-2020 | 30 | 360 | 357 | 3811 | 211 | 211 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 5-2020 | 31 | 426 | 417 | 4100 | 232 | 232 | 0 |
| LODGEPOLE | 4-2020 | 30 | 395 | 401 | 4502 | 210 | 210 | 0 |
This has nothing to do with the monetary / fiscal policy of the United States, but there's an even bigger story here. I mentioned that at my "Devon" posting earlier today.
Link.
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Disclaimer: I do not have a hidden agenda. I try not to step on any toes when it comes to the Bakken (with some exceptions). I do not do any statistical analysis. I am inappropriately exuberant about the Bakken. I assume I have lost more money on investing in the Bakken than I have ever made and have pretty much learned my lesson(s). LOL But it so tempting.
Disclaimer: I did not do a good job answering the reader's question about CLR. I may come back to it later.
Updates
August 11, 2021: see comments -- this note sent by a reader -- brought up here for easier access and browsing --
Here is a picture of states' energy output.
If you "don't mess-with-Texas," then don't forget North Dakota.
Devon has always been a good operator and from a lease holding perspective one of the best.
I
personally do not support dividend payouts because most firms need to
strength their balance sheets. Moreover, it is not a deduction and is
considered short term capital gains. Better to give stock to
shareholders and retain cash for future investments. [Buffet model]
Pay down long term debt, which adds to shareholders assets make more sense to me. How many oil & gas companies are debt free? Few, if any.
Perhaps other worthy players are, CLR; MR.O[il]; FANG and XEC.
It is long overdue, that the industry becomes more frugal in the use of its capital rather than the drive for production.
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A reader sent this note, anonymously, as a comment:
Whom is the best operator in the Bakken? How good is CLR?
My thoughts:
The "best operator" has a lot of connotations: best at drilling, best at completing, best at making money?
I follow the Bakken mostly from a holistic point of view, not just about making money.
When I say some company has the best wells, or the worst wells, or something in between, it means that even before I see the results, I can almost guess the results of the well based on the operator and the oil field in which the well was drilled. Obviously, I am often wrong, but I always have a good idea of what to expect.
MRO and WPX have the best wells (see note above), but they are drilling in a very small area and the areas they are drilling in seem to simply be very good areas. Whether they were lucky or good, I don't know; probably a combination of both. Not all companies with great reputations have had success in the Bakken: think OXY and Chesapeake from years ago.
MRO is very, very exciting because they are teaching me about re-fracks and how new fracks affect older, producing wells.
CLR is the face of the Bakken. The company has the personality of Harold Hamm. CLR is "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." If he has the money, Harold Hamm will drill. I always expect his wells to be middling; not great, not poor, and after years his revenue stream / his production stream should be second to none in the Bakken. I never expect to see a great Bakken well, but I am occasionally surprised. CLR just drills a lot of "steady Eddy" wells. CLR knows the Bakken the best; they have wells across the entire northern Bakken. That's why they have great wells and poor wells; they are willing to drill everywhere. I suppose the best thing to say about CLR is to simply take a 30-year horizon, accumulate a few shares every month and forget about it. Thirty years later your heirs will thank you for it. But again, I'm starting to mix investing with trading with drilling with making money. Those are four different things. So much could be written about CLR -- so many things Harold Hamm has pioneered in the Bakken.
Slawson, privately held, has really, really good wells. They know what they are doing. To some extent, perhaps they have really good locations, but that's part of the game. They don't drill often but when they do I anticipate a great well. I pay attention to what they do.
EOG: they really started out with a bang in the Bakken. They found a great site in the Parshall, then moved on to the Permian. Among the Wall Street folks, EOG is considered the gold standard among shale companies. But I don't know much about what they are doing now that they have left the Bakken and focused on the Permian. I look forward to seeing what they do when they drill again in the Bakken.
Whiting: I had great expectations for this company early in the boom. Things did not pan out. I don't know what to say about them any more.
Hess: great story. Early on in the Bakken they were average at best. I was disappointed, but in 2019, Hess really started reporting some great wells. That suggests to me that the Bakken is simply not about being lucky and being in the right spot. Hess is doing something to get better wells. But as an investment one is drilling in a company who drills globally; it is not a pure-play Bakken company.
Enerplus: this one is really, really exciting. Things seem to be happening with Enerplus this past year. I always look forward to their wells. Great wells. Mega-pads. I just don't know whether to invest in them.
Devon: I just wrote a long piece on Devon. This company, from an investment point of view, really excites me. I won't write more on Devon here. I'll refer you to the linked post.
Petro-Hunt: really, really good wells, but not very many and located in only a small area, the Charlson oil field.
XTO: have completely lost the bubble on XTO (part of XOM). Maybe I will come back to this after I look at my notes.
Kraken: [added. I forgot them in the original post.] Kraken has very, very good wells. But I consider them a niche player; don't know much about them. But they really do have great wells in areas that I did not expect to do so well, which suggests they also know what they are doing.
There are many, many more companies drilling in the Bakken but pretty much niche players. But some of those smaller players are doing very, very well. Kraken comes to mind. They have great wells.
Bottom line:
- best operators as far as simply reporting consistently great wells: MRO, WPX,
- best operator reporting consistently good wells: CLR
- among the small names with consistently great wells: Petro-Hunt, Slawson, Enerplus, Kraken
- the big companies that are consistent: BR (COP), Hess,
- EOG: not much of a player any more in the Bakken
- companies that are really fun to watch right now with regard to their wells: WPX (Devon), Enbridge
Investing and / or trading: mom-and-pop retail investors / traders will never beat the pros (there are exceptions). I advise my children and extended family members who are interested in investing/trading to let professionals manage 90% of their estate or more. Mom-and-pop retail investors need to know they risk completely whatever they invest.
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Locator: 10001DEVON.
Updates
September 27, 2024: Devon completes acquisition of Grayson Mill, effective September 27, 2024. Link here.
July 8, 2024: Devon to buy Grayson Mill, announced.
August 1, 2023: update.
July 4, 2023: update.
February 26, 2023: 4Q22 and guidance, 2023.
October 11, 2002: Rimrock deal complete; wells transferred to Devon; see this post.
September 5, 2022: Devon and Delvin enter floating LNG vessel agreement.
August 16, 2022: RBN Energy on Devon.
June 8, 2022: Devon announces plans to acquire RimRock Oil and Gas assets in the North Dakota Bakken.
May 15, 2022: Devon -- world's fastest growing oil and gas company.
January 8, 2022: corporate presentation, GS Energy Conference.
September 23, 2021: market update.
August 8, 2021: from Simply Wall Street, Sunday, August 8, 2021 --
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Original Post
It's possible I posted this earlier but if I did, I forgot: Devon's quarterly dividend announcement.
Before we get started with Devon, with regard to investing, some financial advisors and talking heads suggest investors:
Keep that in mind as we go through this.
I'm not looking at this as a recommendation for investing one way or the other. I'm mostly interested in looking at Devon's business strategy; and their operations. I really don't care one way or the other about whether to invest in it or not, but I guess it's sort of like a business case to study, but at an incredibly superficial level.
I'm just thinking out loud, posting some rambling thoughts.
Disclaimer:
this is not an investment site. Do not make any investment, financial,
job, career, travel, or relationship decisions based on what you read
here or think you may have read here.
Part I
But before we get to that, some quick thoughts on the operators in the Bakken. For a list of active operators in the Bakken (a snapshot in time, of course), see this post of August 4, 2021.
This is mostly for newbies to help them get caught up.
The two operators that seem to consistently report huge wells in the Bakken: MRO and WPX.
CLR's wells run the gamut from pretty good wells to excellent wells, with a fair number of duds, but their wells are spread out across the northern Bakken whereas MRO and WPX are very limited in their geographic scope in the Bakken.
When I see Slawson active again in the Bakken, I know that things are looking pretty good. Privately owned and conservative with regard to drilling in the Bakken, when Slawson is drilling in the Bakken I take note.
In 2020, there were not very many active operators in the Bakken; but now the number of operators actively drilling runs to about fourteen, which is pretty impressive. Most are operating with only one rig in the Bakken.
CLR is the big exception: six oil and gas rigs and they could possibly add another.
Enerplus seems to have gotten energized during the plague year (2020) looking for a deal. This past week Enerplus acquired 600 wells from Hess. Based on fast scrolling through the list of wells, it appears that Hess was consolidating their interest in the Bakken to their "roots," for lack of a better word, to Mountrail County, around Tioga. The vast majority of wells that were passed from Hess to Enerplus were in Dunn County. Again, there are "sweet spots" in each county, but of the drilling locations, I've always been more impressed with Dunn than with Mountrail, but that may have more to do with the operators than the geology. Enerplus reports great wells, so the combination, a company with a good track record, and now with more wells in perhaps the best of the four counties on a one well vs one well basis, this is a big deal, something investors need to watch.
Having said that, Hess, after what seemed to be a slow start in the Bakken, is now reporting some nice wells in the Bakken; some very nice wells.
Whiting remains a mystery for me. I don't know what to say.
The others just seem to be niche players: Oasis, Hunt, Bruin, etc.
Oh, except one niche player: Petro-Hunt doesn't seem to do a lot of drilling but when they do, they seem to get very big wells.
Part 2
The "market." The stock market. Publicly traded companies.
I do not see a pullback, recession, depression in the near future -- let's define near future as the next five years.
There will be volatility in the market and there could be days, not weeks, with a significant pullback, even exceeding five percent. But that's the nature of the market. But a recession? I just don't see it. If I'm wrong, recessions don't last forever.
I hear a lot of talking heads talk about "pullbacks" or volatility in the market, but I've not heard anyone talk about an impending recession or depression in the near term; I am hearing stagflation. On the other hand, I am hearing the phrases: coming out of the pandemic; the global economy opening up; and, my favorite, super-cycles.
The first time I heard about "super-cycle" had to do with Apple. From March 22, 2021:
The massive demand for iPhone 12s was reported in Apple's blowout first quarter, the tech giant's first-ever $100 billion quarter. With the iPhone 12 catapulted to the top of the 5G smartphone market within weeks of its launch, an analyst now says his channel checks show that the so-called "supercycle" continues unabated, and not even a chip shortage can slow it down.
And, although analysts may not have used the term "super-cycle" with regard to commodities, they certainly could have and should have. Graphic pending if I don't forget.
Last night I went through Devon's most recent corporate presentation (a pdf will download).
I about fell off my chair when I saw slide #9: beginning stages of a new energy cycle.
Graphic:
As long as I'm posting graphics at this point, I might as well throw in this one, also, from July 22, 2021:
Part 3
Devon.
Devon, Devon, Devon. What can I say?
We've pretty much completed the earnings season for 2Q21, and it's been a huge quarter for many companies. Many publicly traded companies (and some privately-held companies) are reporting record earnings. It appears that with these record earnings some, not all, companies want to reward their shareholders. It appears the three most common ways to do that: pay off debt; share buybacks; and, dividends.
Until recently I never paid much attention to how companies rewarded their shareholders. Right now, the main discussion seems to be around "share buybacks" vs "dividends."
Anecdotally, it would seem most investors prefer dividends -- based on what little I read on social media. Interestingly enough, there is an article out there that argues share buybacks are better. I did not save it or link the URL; to me, the argument seemed preposterous. At the other end of the spectrum, dilution, the issuing of more shares might be an argument for share buybacks -- if dilution is bad, isn't concentration good? I don't buy it. I'm in the camp that prefers dividends. Show me the money.
And that brings me to Devon.
Either I missed this or if I have already posted it, I have forgotten. But quick: Devon. Their next quarterly dividend, what did they announce?
Drum roll: Devon will increase its next quarterly dividend by 44%, and that's on top of a dividend that had been increased in the previous quarter. And after a special dividend already paid this year.
Some argue that Devon was not the first to do this, and some argue that Devon's "dividend" is a play on words, but that's fine. I think it's pretty clever. Devon has a "fixed" quarterly dividend. It may or may not change much from quarter to quarter just as other companies declare quarterly dividends. But in addition to the "regular quarterly" dividend, Devon now declares a "variable dividend."
The "fixed dividend" is currently eleven cents quarterly and the company's target for this dividend is 10% of operating cash flow. I might come back to this later, in fact, I do. See part 3A below.
The "variable dividend" is calculated on a quarterly basis, and is up to 50% of excess free cash flow. Devon does the math on slide 18 of the presentation linked above.
Part 3A
A digression.
There's been a lot of talk about "discipline" by the shale operators.
"Everyone" is concerned that US shale operators will spoil the $80-WTI party by "excessive" drilling, bringing a lot more oil to market, and depressing oil prices. I think that's a bunch of malarkey, but taking that for what it's worth: what better way for shareholders to force oil companies to remain disciplined than forcing the oil companies to pay a "fixed" dividend based on x-percent of their operating cash flow and a higher x-percent on the excess free cash flow. Put that in writing, with some jargon to allow exceptions, but imagine that: companies will have a line-item expense, or in this case, two line items that "restrict" how much money they have left for drilling operations. And that number is determined and defined" prior to earnings being announced, not after. Sort of like mandatory sentencing guidelines for judges.
Going a step further, perhaps there's even a way for publicly traded companies to borrow against the variable dividend and pay shareholders additional "interest" on the variable dividend that would have been paid had the company not used it for special opportunities, like share buybacks.
But back to the point I'm making: a defined expense cuts back on money available for drilling and forces "discipline." Maybe "congress" should step in and mandate that if they want to cut CO2 emissions. Congress sets limits on how much, as a percentage, any company can drill based on CO2 emissions. It's a win-win for everyone. LOL. Better: activist investors.
Part 4
So, where were we?
Devon's dividend history is at this link. Note that this is the total dividend, not just the "fixed dividend."
So, in one fell swoop, Devon:
Now, just for the fun of it, let's do what some folks do:
Someone much smarter than I and who is on my top shelf of energy analysts, Alex Kimani, has already done that. See this link.
Devon paid an $0.11/share regular dividend and a $0.24/share variable dividend during the quarter, implying an annualized 5.5% yield. Further, the company has forecast a dividend yield of more than 7% for 2021 if current trends hold, illustrating its commitment to return more capital to shareholders in the form of dividends whenever cash flows permit.
Some Wall Street analysts have pointed to the potential for DVN to sport a dividend yield of as high as 8% by year-end.
Eight percent.
Part 4A
Discipline.
In part 4 above I clearly stated that if shareholders limit the amount of capital available, then, all things being equal production will stay flat.
Hold that thought.
While working on part 4, this headline, over at oilprice, suddenly pops up: African oil producers struggle to raise oil production as investment lags. Wow. Proves my point. LOL.
Part 5
Devon: the company's operations.
Devon operates in the five big shale plays in the US. There are very few operators that drill in all five: the Permian, the Eagle Ford, the Bakken, the Anadarko, and the Powder River Basin.
PXD got a lot of (positive?) press by buying two companies in the Permian this past year.
I don't know how much press DVN got when it acquired WPX earlier this year but, wow, talk about taking advantage of a great opportunity. There are a lot of issues with WPX but no more than any other company, I suppose. That can be debated. I consider it an incredible piece of work on the part of Devon. With the expansion of the DAPL now a "done" thing, the WPX purchase seems even more timely. I think the deal was announced in 2020; closed in 2021.
[Note: I am wrong on this one. In fact, the WPX deal was all about the Permian; the Bakken was just a small piece of this deal at least for the headline. I'll leave this in as I've written it but WPX was all about the Permian for the Devon.]
The DVN-WPX deal is tracked here and at the sidebar at the right, under "Deals -- 2020."
From my perspective, WPX is small in the big scheme of things with regard to shale, but despite falling behind New Mexico, North Dakota oil production (94% of it Bakken right now) is still in third place, and very close to #2, among the states. If Devon was casting about to look for another shale play, they couldn't have done much better than to grab WPX. WPX may be a small operator in a small play, but bang for buck, WPX is really reporting some great wells.
I had forgotten this:
With a combined capital structure involving $6 billion in debt against $6 billion in equity, and daily production volumes of roughly 525,000 barrels per day of oil (and natural gas equivalents), the new Devon will be bigger than Apache Corp and Marathon Oil, and just a notch below EOG Resources.
By the way, how many active rigs does WPX/DVN have in the Bakken right now. Remember, WPX is reporting some great wells. How many active rigs? Zero. Nada. Zilch. As least as reported by the NDIC. Devon is making a lot of money in the Bakken and they aren't even drilling.
Interesting sidebar: at one time Oasis said it used cash flow in the Bakken to provide seed money for drilling in the Permian; one wonders to what extent that holds true for Devon.
Rigs don't matter.
Part 6
Devon: so what does participation in the five main shale plays in the continental US give Devon?
FLEXIBILITY.
Some plays are oilier than other; some plays are gassier than others. Natural gas, right now, might just be a tad better than oil -- of course, a lot of this depends on hedging. Devon doesn't mention hedging in their most recent presentation which suggests to me they hedge and that's not the place to be right now.
Having positions in all five plays givens Devon to focus on the play(s) that is/are performing the best at any given time. I forget now, but I think I read somewhere that Devon is going back into one of the five plays now that natural gas is doing well. I also forget, but I think I read that Devon had brought on line two huge wells but deliberately choked them back saying they did not want to bring them into a low-cost environment -- that was probably last year.
A lot of operators have some flexibility, others have a lot of flexibility. But just 'cause one has flexibility, doesn't mean it works. The CEO/COO need to be nimble and to take advantage of that flexibility. Reading Devon's corporation presentation and articles in the free press about Devon suggest that the company has been very, very good in this regard.
Part 7
So, here we have a company whose priority seems to be to reward shareholders through dividends. The way the company calculates these dividends is transparent and defined. Devon says it has the highest dividend yield in the S&P 500 index. Did anyone know that? In fact, see slide 7 of the linked presentation:
So, here we have a company that doubled in size after acquiring WPX, and is now almost the same size as EOG.
So, here we have a company with assets and interest in all five major US shale plays.
So, here we have a company that seems to be successful on taking advantage of its flexibility.
Part 8
Operations.
For the most part from the company's website as well as other sources as noted.
Delaware Basin:
Eagle Ford:
Anadarko:
Powder River Basin:
Williston Basin:
Part 9
Other links:
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Devon:
EOG:
One last comment: for those who were brave enough during the worse of the "downturn" last summer, one could have bought a lot of DVN for $7 / share; it's now trading for 4x that and paying a great dividend.
Disclaimer:
in a long note like this there will be typographical and content
errors. Consider this an opinion piece, not a news article, or a
business article. Facts and opinions are interspersed and it is often
difficult to tell the difference.
Sturgis rally: from Canadian border to the north, west to Utah, south to Texas, east to Kentucky, estimates are 700,000 people will be in the open area riding Harleys.
Manhattan Island: 22 square miles; on Thursday, this past week, August 5, 2021: 2.3 million people road the NYC subway.
Martha's Vineyard, one man's 60th birthday, fit for a king:
Tell me again, the real problem is Sturgis.